If baseball is America's favorite pastime, football is our present. The sport is the most widely played in high schools throughout the country, and the Superbowl is often most watched TV program of the year.But do you know the rules of the game? The field is broken into downs (or yards), marked by large white lines. At each end of the field is an end zone. The two teams of no more than 11 players each try to run the ball from the centerline to the opponent's end zone for points, or to pass the ball to a player already in the end zone. These touchdowns are worth 6 points. After a touchdown has been made, the team can choose to try for an additional point with a field goal. Field goal: placing the ball at the end zone line closest to the center, a player kicks the ball between the goal posts for 1 point. More rarely a team will try to get 2 additional points with the risky two-point conversion, in which players try to run the ball to the end zone from the 2- (NFL) or 3- (col lege) yard line. If a touchdown has already been scored, the team has an option to try for a close-range field goal to gain an additional point. College and professional football games have one hour of game play. High school games are a bit shorter, with the quarters being cut from 15 to 12 minutes. But, as there are so many time outs, games often last much longer. "Times" can be called by the ref whenever a play is incomplete or out-of-bounds, and each team is given 3 time outs to use throughout the game at their discretion. There is a built-in break for halftime. While most sports switch sides at halftime, football switches after the first and third quarters. Get the best football awards, from trophies to medals and even personalized plaques for you team this season!
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